Starting in 1890, the Derbyshire Senior League
definitely operated for eight seasons up
to 1898. John Stevenson has kindly
provided the details on which the final tables
for these seasons are based, plus for two
later campaigns.

It is known that there was a Notts &
Derbyshire League starting 1908-1909 and
that this competition had links with the
Central Alliance which began in 1911. If
anyone can shed any light on other seasons
in Derbyshire’s early non-league past,
they are urged to contact the site.

1890-1891

There is an imbalance of 12 between the goals
totals.

1. MATLOCK
14
12 1 1 45 19
25

2. CLAY CROSS TOWN
14 9 0
5 43 20 18

3. BELPER TOWN
14 8
1 5 36 25
17

4. TIBSHELF COLLIERY
14 6 2
6 38 31 14

5. RIDDINGS ST. JAMES
14 6 1
7 29 35 13

6. ILKESTON TOWN
14 5
0 9 34 39 10

7. RIPLEY TOWN
13 5
0 8 27 40
10

8. WIRKSWORTH TOWN
13 1 1 11
19 50 3

(110 52 6 52 271 259 110)

1891-1892

There is an imbalance of 5 between the goals
totals.

1. MATLOCK
20
15 3 2 68 33
33

2. CLAY CROSS TOWN
20 14 1
5 66 35 29

3. BELPER TOWN
20 14
0 6 97 46 28

4. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
20 12 2 6
75 42 26

5. TIBSHELF COLLIERY
20 8 4
8 75 75 18

6. RIDDINGS ST. JAMES
20 7 4
9 49 51 18

7. LANGLEY MILL RANGERS
20 8 1 11
52 56 17

8. WIRKSWORTH TOWN
20 6 3 11
40 47 15

9. RIPLEY TOWN
20 7
1 12 33 70
13

10. ILKESTON TOWN
20 5
3 12 36 80 9

11. CODNOR PARK
20 2
2 16 21 82
6

(220 98 24 98 612 617 212)

1892-1893

The number of points is one less than the
number of games played, meaning one of the
results in the ‘draws’ column
should in fact be in the ‘wins’
column. Also, there is an imbalance
of 2 between the goals totals.

1. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
21 18 1 2 112
30 37

2. LANGLEY MILL RANGERS
21 16 1 4 102
32 33

3. ILKESTON TOWN
22 14 3
5 94 36 31

4. CLAY CROSS TOWN
22 13 2
7 73 29 28

5. CODNOR PARK
22 7
8 7 54 48
22

6. BELPER TOWN
19 9
2 8 70 52
20

7. RIDDINGS ST. JAMES
22 8 4 10
41 57 20

8. WIRKSWORTH TOWN
21 6 3 12
36 95 15

9. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
22
6 2 14 59
71 14

10. RIPLEY TOWN
22 6
2 14 31 101
14

11. TIBSHELF COLLIERY
19 4 2 13
41 78 10

12. ALFRETON TOWN
21 4
1 16 25 107 9

(254 111 31 112 738 736 253)

1893-1894

1. HEANOR TOWN
26 22
1 3 143 27 45

2. DERBY TOWN
26 17
5 4 69 33
39

3. ILKESTON TOWN
26 16 6
4 111 44 38

4. LANGLEY MILL RANGERS
26 14 4 8 89
61 32

5. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
26 13 5 8
73 42 31

6. MATLOCK
26
13 5 8 60 50
31

7. RIDDINGS ST. JAMES
26 10 7 9
73 53 27

8. CLAY CROSS TOWN
26 13 0 13
75 77 26

9. STAVELEY WANDERERS
26 11 2 13
66 75 24

10. DERBY JUNCTION
26 9 6
11 50 67 24

11. NORTH WINGFIELD
26 7 4 15
42 68 18

12. CODNOR PARK
26 5
2 19 43 90
12

13. BELPER TOWN
26 4
4 18 41 101
12

14. WIRKSWORTH TOWN
26 2 1 23
18 165 5

(364 156 52 156 953 953 364)

1894-1895

1. SWADLINCOTE TOWN
21 18 2
1 91 20 38

2. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
22 16 2 4 100
42 34

3. RIDDINGS ST. JAMES
22 11 5 6
46 39 27

4. BELPER TOWN
21 9
5 7 41 29
23

5. CLAY CROSS TOWN
21 10 2
9 52 64 22

6. HEANOR TOWN RESERVES
21 9 3 9
48 51 21

7. DERBY JUNCTION
21 9 2
10 51 57 20

8. NORTH WINGFIELD
22 9 2 11
48 62 20

9. DERBY ST. ANDREW'S
21 5 6 10
42 46 16

10. ILKESTON TOWN RESERVES
21
7 0 14 44
53 14

11. RIPLEY TOWN
22 6
2 14 36 80
14

12. CODNOR PARK
21 3
1 17 30 86
7

(256 112 32 112 629 629 256)

1895-1896

1. SWADLINCOTE TOWN
18 14 2
2 59 18 30

2. BELPER TOWN
18 12
4 2 56 17 28

3. GRESLEY ROVERS
18 11 1
6 53 22 23

4. DERBY COUNTY RESERVES
18
10 3 5 45
27 23

5. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
18 8 2
8 32 30 18

6. RIPLEY TOWN
18 6
5 7 34 46
17

7. HEANOR TOWN RESERVES
18 4 4 10
19 39 12

8. ILKESTON TOWN RESERVES
18
5 1 12 31
50 11

9. RIDDINGS ST .JAMES
18 4 3 11
26 55 11

10. CODNOR PARK
18 2
3 13 9 60
7

(180 76 28 76 364 364 180)

1896-1897

1. DERBY COUNTY RESERVES
17
14 2 1 84
11 30

2. SWADLINCOTE TOWN
17 11 3
3 45 21 25

3. RIDDINGS ST. JAMES
16 10 3 3
20 15 23

4. GRESLEY ROVERS
15 8 0
7 45 20 16

5. BELPER TOWN
16 7
2 7 24 28
16

6. MATLOCK
15
7 1 7 35
40 15

7. RIPLEY TOWN
16 6
2 8 24 37
14

8. LONG EATON RANGERS RESERVES
16 3
5 8 15 34
11

9. ILKESTON TOWN RESERVES
17
5 0 12 30
54 10

10. LANGLEY MILL POTTERY
17 0 2 15
10 72 2

(162 71 20 71 332 332 162)

1897-1898

1. CHESTERFIELD TOWN RESERVES
12 10
0 2 42 14
20

2. ILKESTON TOWN RESERVES
12
9 1 2 32
11 19

3. DERBY COUNTY RESERVES
12
7 0 5 30
14 14

4. LONG EATON RANGERS RESERVES
12 6
1 5 26 23
13

5. BELPER TOWN
12 3
2 7 18 19
8

6. RIDDINGS ST. JAMES
12 2 2
8 9 39 6

7. MATLOCK
12
2 0 10 15
52 4

(84 39 6 39 172 172 84)

Sheepbridge Works withdrew during the season
and the club’s record was deleted.

There is now a gap in the record.

1907-1908

The number of points is one more than the
number of games played. With and odd
number of drawn games shown and a wins total
three greater than the losses total, the
conclusion has to be drawn that there were
three matches fewer drawn, one of which number
should be in the wins column with two more
appearing somewhere in the losses column.
On top of this there is an imbalance
of 4 between the goals columns.

1. ILKESTON UNITED
24 18 3
3 62 14 39

2. DERBY COUNTY RESERVES
23
15 6 2 80
27 36

3. ALFRETON TOWN
24 13 6
5 56 27 32

4. CLAY CROSS WORKS
24 11 8
5 47 30 30

5. RIPLEY ATHLETIC
24 14 1
9 66 44 29

6. RIPLEY TOWN
24 13
3 8 47 33 29

7. PINXTON COLLIERY
24 11 4
9 51 45 26

8. LONG EATON ST. HELEN'S
24 8 5 11
30 41 21

9. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
23
8 3 12 44
43 19

10. BELPER TOWN
24 5
7 12 24 48
17

11. HEANOR UNITED
24 7
2 15 32 56 14

12. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
24 6 2 16
25 56 14

13. TIBSHELF COLLIERY
24 1 3 20
24 128 5

(310 130 53 127 588 592 311)

Another gap now appears – but, thanks
to Paul Stone, this is merely a gap as opposed
to the previously ‘yawning chasm’.

1912-13

1. TIBSHELF COLLIERY
20 14 2
4 72 24 30

2. BOLSOVER COLLIERY
20 12 5
3 41 20 29

3. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
20 12 2 6
50 25 26

4. STAVELEY TOWN
20 11 1
8 51 37 23

5. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
20
7 6 7 38
36 20

6. GRASSMOOR RED ROSE
20 6 6
8 35 38 18

7. HARDWICK COLLIERY (-2)
20
6 7 7 33
37 17

8. CHESTERFIELD TOWN RESERVES
20 7
3 10 35 50
17

9. BOLSOVER TOWN
20 5
5 10 29 56 15

10. BRIMINGTON HOTSPUR
20 6 1 13
35 61 13

11. SHUTTLEWOOD
20 3
4 13 21 56
10

(220 89 42 89 440 440 218)

1913-14

1. CHESTERFIELD TOWN RESERVES (-2)
18 15 2
1 63 18 30

2. NEWHALL SWIFTS
18 12 2
4 41 20 26

3. RIPLEY TOWN & ATHLETIC
18 11 1 6 49
37 23

4. STAVELEY TOWN
18 9
4 5 42 33 22

5. TIBSHELF COLLIERY
18 7 3
8 39 39 17

6. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
18
7 2 9 38
44 16

7. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
18 5 3 10
32 45 13

8. HARDWICK COLLIERY
18 5 1 12
34 58 11

9. BOLSOVER COLIERY
18 3 5
10 36 57 11

10. ALFRETON TOWN
18 4
1 13 33 56 9

(180 78 24 78 407 407 178)

The record ‘dries up’ at this
point for a while – probably in the
first place because of the outbreak of the
Great War. What happened after the
conflict was over is not clear, though I
believe that there may be some information
‘out there’ in the Chesterfield
area – the contact details I had have,
unfortunately, disappeared.

Paul’s information starts up again
in 1925 and the next eight seasons are known
about.

1925-1926

1. BOLSOVER COLLIERY
24 17 1
6 82 45 35

2. MANSFIELD TOWN RESERVES
24
16 1 7 76
44 33

3. STAVELEY TOWN
24 14 2
8 58 44 30

4. HEANOR TOWN
24 11
5 8 62 52 27

5. RIPLEY TOWN
24 11
4 9 67 54 26

6. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
24
11 4 9 49 46
26

7. MATLOCK TOWN
24 11
4 9 59 62 26

8. MANTON COLLIERY
24 11 1 12
68 71 23

9. GRASSMOOR
24
9 4 11 60
60 22

10. BLACKWELL COLLIERY
24 8 3 13
47 75 19

11. SUTTON JUNCTION
24 7 2 15
42 53 16

12. CRESWELL COLLIERY
24 5 5 14
29 64 15

13. CLOWNE TOWN
24 6
2 16 39 68
14

(312 137 38 137 738 738 312)

1926-1927

1. STAVELEY TOWN
18 13 2
3 67 20 28

2. MATLOCK TOWN
18 13
1 4 75 38 27

3. RIPLEY TOWN
18 12
2 4 61 39 26

4. MANSFIELD TOWN RESERVES
18
10 2 6 59
36 22

5. CHESTERFIELD 'A'
18 8
5 5 53 32 21

6. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
18
8 4 6 40
29 20

7. GRASSMOOR
18
8 3 7 40
36 19

8. NOTTS COUNTY ‘A’
18 5
1 12 34 63 11

9. ALFRETON TOWN RESERVES
18
2 0 16 24
79 4

10. LONG EATON RESERVES
18 1 0 17
16 97 2

(180 80 20 80 469 469 180)

1927-28

1. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
20
13 4 3 71 33
30

2. GRASSMOOR
20
13 3 4 59 26
29

3. CHESTERFIELD 'A'
20 11
3 6 55 48 25

4. STAVELEY RESERVES
20 8 6
6 40 39 22

5. MATLOCK TOWN
20 9
3 8 52 49 21

6. MANSFIELD TOWN RESERVES
20
8 4 8 45
42 20

7. LOUGHBOROUGH CORINTHIANS RESERVES
20 7 6
7 41 48 20

8. SUTTON TOWN RESERVES
20 7 2 11
49 52 16

9. SHIREBROOK RESERVES
20 5 6 9
42 54 16

10. RIPLEY TOWN
19 1
8 10 25 60
10

11. ALFRETON TOWN
19 3
3 13 30 58 9

(218 85 48 85 509 509 218)

1928-29

1. BURTON TOWN RESERVES
26 18 2 6 77
38 38

2. HEANOR TOWN
26 17
4 5 79 40 38

3. MATLOCK TOWN
26 14
4 8 68 46 32

4. ILKESTON UNITED
26 15 2
9 80 62 32

5. MANSFIELD TOWN RESERVES
26
13 6 7 60
55 32

6. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
26
12 5 9 69 63
29

7. CHESTERFIELD 'A'
26 11
3 12 66 52 25

8. SUTTON TOWN
26 10
4 12 59 54 24

9. RIPLEY TOWN & ATHLETIC
26 10 3 13 50
52 23

10. SHIREBROOK RESERVES
26 10 2 14
73 73 22

11. GRASSMOOR
26
8 4 14 61
79 20

12. ALFRETON TOWN
25 8
2 15 63 87 18

13. STAVELEY TOWN RESERVES
25
7 3 15 43
79 17

14. MOUNTSORREL TOWN
26 5 2
19 44 112 12

(362 158 46 158 892 892 362)

1929-1930

There is an imbalance of 15 between the goals
columns

1. MANSFIELD TOWN RESERVES
24
17 5 2 96
40 39

2. SHIREBROOK RESERVES
24 15 4 5
59 39 34

3. BURTON TOWN RESERVES
24 15 3 6 90
45 33

4. ILKESTON UNITED
24 13 3
8 63 41 29

5. GRASSMOOR
24
11 5 8 59 42
27

6. HEANOR TOWN
24 10
6 8 73 49 26

7. SUTTON TOWN
24 11
4 9 57 66 26

8. MATLOCK TOWN
24 9
3 12 65 61 21

9. CHESTERFIELD 'A'
24 9
2 13 55 66 20

10. GRANTHAM RESERVES
24 9 1 14
54 93 19

11. RIPLEY TOWN & ATHLETIC
24 6 5 13
43 69 17

12. SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY
24
3 7 14 46
64 13

13. STAVELEY TOWN RESERVES
24
3 2 19 21
91 8

(312 131 50 131 781 766 312)

1930-1931

There is an imbalance of 6 between the goals
columns

1. SUTTON TOWN
24 18
3 3 86 43 39

2. ILKESTON UNITED
24 18 2
4 75 33 38

3. CHESTERFIELD 'A'
24 12
4 8 68 58 28

4. RIPLEY TOWN & ATHLETIC
24 11 4 9 60
58 26

5. BURTON TOWN RESERVES
24 11 3 10 55
59 25

6. BOLSOVER COLLIERY
24 9 6
9 48 50 24

7. LOUGHBOROUGH CORINTHIANS RESERVES
24 10 4 10
68 75 24

8. HEANOR TOWN
24 9
2 13 82 70
20

9. MANSFIELD TOWN RESERVES
24
8 3 13 68
52 19

10. GRESLEY ROVERS RESERVES
24
7 5 12 49
72 19

11. SHIREBROOK RESERVES
24 7 4 13
43 63 18

12. MATLOCK TOWN
24 7
4 13 42 76 18

13. GRASSMOOR
24
7 0 17 49
78 14

(312 134 44 134 793 787 312)

1931-1932

1. SUTTON TOWN
24 16
4 4 72 47 36

2. ILKESTON UNITED
24 16 3
5 81 53 35

3. SHIREBROOK
24 12
5 7 71 39
29

4. BURTON TOWN RESERVES
24 13 1 10 72
53 27

5. CHESTERFIELD 'A'
24 11
4 9 93 60 26

6. SUTTON JUNCTION
24 13 0 11
68 67 26

7. RIPLEY TOWN & ATHLETIC
24 10 6 8 67
74 26

8. HEANOR TOWN
24 8
5 11 64 76
21

9. LOUGHBOROUGH CORINTHIANS RESERVES
24 9 3 12
61 76 21

10. MATLOCK TOWN
24 10
0 14 74 65 20

11. MANSFIELD TOWN 'A'
24 6 6
12 57 70 18

12. BOLSOVER COLLIERY
24 6 5 13
47 77 17

13. GRESLEY ROVERS RESERVES
24
4 2 18 40
110 10

(312 134 44 134 867 867 312)

John Stevenson kindly supplied the table
below.

1932-1933

There is an imbalance of one between the
goals columns.

1. SUTTON TOWN
24 17
3 4 82 33 37

2. HEANOR TOWN
24 16
3 5 88 48 35

3. ILKESTON
24 16
1 7 84 53
33

4. MATLOCK TOWN
24 13
4 7 65 58 30

5. RIPLEY TOWN
24 10
4 10 67 59 24

6. CHESTERFIELD ‘A’
24 10
4 10 58 57 24

7. BURTON TOWN RESERVES
23 9 1 13
77 76 19

8. MANSFIELD TOWN ‘A’
24 9
1 14 61 68 19

9. SUTTON JUNCTION
24 8 3 13
53 79 19

10. LOUGHBOROUGH CORINTHIANS RESERVES
24 7 4 13
50 80 18

11. GRESLEY ROVERS RESERVES
23
7 3 13 47
77 17

12. BOLSOVER COLLIERY
24 7 3 14
54 80 17

13. SHIREBROOK
22 7
2 13 46 63
16

(308 136 36 136 832 831 308)

Paul Stone added the table below to the records
at the start of November 2012.